Island County, WA Parking Rules: EV Charging (2026)

550 sets the parking and circulation standards for all off-street parking in the Freeland Non-Municipal Urban Growth Area, and subsection C covers required and maximum parking spaces. Q, and the Freeland-specific maximum is capped at 150 percent of that minimum or 12 spaces, whichever is greater, so a lot cannot be built oversized. a lets a project convert up to 50 percent of its non-handicapped spaces into electric-vehicle charging stalls. b separately allows charging equipment in handicapped spaces, but requires that use of those spaces not be restricted to electric vehicles only, preserving accessible parking for any permit holder.

c directs that when the 50 percent calculation produces a fraction, the county rounds down, slightly reducing the maximum allowed count rather than rounding up. The rule is permissive rather than mandatory: it does not require a development to install any EV charging, it only limits how much of a lot's parking supply can be converted if a developer chooses to add chargers, so ordinary parking remains available.